Collapsible box



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COLLAPSIBLE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED .IAN.2 1917.

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E. J. WILD.

COLLAPSIBL'E BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.2, 1917.

1,356,681. Patented Oct. 26,1920.

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EDWARD JAMES WILD, or'oaivrnniv TOWN, ENGLANR'ASSIGNOR 'ro'ormnnns 7 NORMAN GARNER, 0F TOTTERIDGE, HERTFORD, ENGLAND.

COLLAPSIBLE BOX.

To all whom it may concern: V

Be it known that I, EDWARD JAMES WILD; a subject ofthe King of Great Britain and Ireland, and residing at 1 St. Pauls Crescent, Camden Town, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Boxes, of which the following is specification. 7

This invention relates to improvements in collapsible boxes.

According to this invention the collapsible box comprises a bottom to which is hinged sides furnished at each upper corner.with a pivoted stud adapted to engage two ends hinged to said bottom. A lid having a binding forming a downwardly projecting flange is adapted to embrace the side and the ends and means are provided for connecting the lid and the ends in the set-up condition as well as means for connecting the lid to the bottom in the folded condition. the lid being for that purposeremoved and invertedQhaving the bottom with the sides and ends folded thereon laid in the top.

In the accompanying drawings- I Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a box embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view with the lid removed. p v 4 Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing-the box in the folded condition.

Figs. 5 and 6 are elevation and plan respectively of connecting studs on a larger scale. v V Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail sectional view of a connection for the lid.

Fig. 8 is an end elevation of same, and Fig. 9 shows the same in section when the box is folded.

hinges 105 are in the angle formedby oneside and the bottom, but the hinges 106 are bent as seen in Fig. 3 so that their pivot pins are above the level of the bottom and thus one side 102 is adapted to fold down fiat onto the bottom, while the other side folds down onto the first mentioned side and approximately parallel thereto as seen in Fig. 4. The ends 103 are hinged at 133, in such a manner, to the bottom 101 as to Specification of Letters Patent.

' fold down underneath the latter in the colties. of the bottom when the box is erected.

Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

Application filed January 2,- 1917. semi No. 140,234.

; The ends 103 are preferably furnished wltha metal binding 11, 12, (Figs. 5 and 6) which isangular in cross section and suitably 'fixed to the ends. Sufficient space is left between the projecting portion 12 and the edge of the ends '103 to form a' housing to receive the sides l02 as shown in Fig. 6.

-The member 11 -ismoreover provided with arecess 14 in the top between, the end 103 of the box andthe projecting member12, said recess 14 being adapted to take a stud 120 provided on eachend of the sides102 near the top thereof. l

The stud 120, as shown on an enlarged 20 which may be round or rectangular at 7. scale in Figs..5 and 6, comprisesfa fiat head each side and furnished witli-a curved or bent, fiat-sl1ank 21 perforated near the end 7 remote from, the head.

The studs 120 are pi'votally' connected to the sides 102 of' the;

box near the corners by screws 22 andfare" adapted to be swung so that the shanks of the studs passinto the-recesses 14 in the binding with the head outside the recess.

In order to tighten l the ends and sides and to improve therigidity of the box, the parts of the head come into contact with the outer face of the binding and are made sloping at 23 (Fig. 5) so as to facilitate the setting up of the box andto exert a wedging action which results in drawing the sides and-ends of the box together.

The lid 104 is surrounded or bound as clearly shown in Fig; '4, by an angular ,metal binding 31 forming a depending a link 142 pivotally mounted on the flange 4 31 of the lid 104 for normally holding one of the sides 102 onto the bottom 101 when the box is collapsed so that the bottom,

sides and ends of the box are entirely contained in and positively connected to the lid 104 when folded. w

To secure the top in place, when the box is erected, anut 36 (Fig. 7) is fixed in a hole in each end 103 of the box at some distance from the top thereof and secured by a plate 41, or by two such perforated plates,

one on each side nailed or riveted. to the ends of the box and the screw 135 passes through the link 142 (pivoted at 43 to the. binding 31 of the lid) and into said nut 36. a

side may be folded flat onto the bottom and the other side may be folded fiat onto the aforesaid side, a nut mounted in each end of the'side hinged at a distance from the bottom, two ends hinged to the said bottom and adapted to be folded down and underneath the bottom, studs pivoted on the sides adapted to engage and project over the ends, a detachable lid, an angular metal binding surrounding said lid to form a depending flange to, embrace the sides and ends and the studs, a perforated link pivoted to each end of the metal binding of the lid, a nut in each end, and a screw passing through each pivoted link to engage the nut in each end when the box is in the erected condition and adapted to engage in the nut in each end of said side when the ends have been folded flat under thebottom and the sides have been folded superposed on the upper side ofthe bottom and the bottom with the ends and sides have been laid in the lid of the box. 7

2A collapsible box comprising a bot tom, two sides hinged to the bottom, one with the axis ofits hinges in the same plane as the top of the said bottom and the other with the axis of its hinges in a plane situated above the bottom at a distance equivalent to the thickness of a side so that one side may be folded flat onto the bottom and the other side may be folded fiat onto the aforesaid side, a nut mounted in each end. of the side hinged at a distance from the bottom, two ends hinged to the said bottom and adapted to be folded down and underneath the bottom, studs pivoted on the sides and having wedge-shaped heads adapted to take over and engage the ends when erected, a detachable lid, an angular metal binding surrounding the lid to form a depending fiangeto embrace the sides, ends and the studs, a perforated link pivoted to each end of the metal binding of the lid, a nut in each end and a screw pass ing through each pivoted link to engage the nut in each end when the box is in the erected condition and adapted to engage the nut in each end of said. side when the ends have been folded fiat under the bottom and the sides have been folded superposed on the upper side of the bottom and the bottom with the ends and sides have been laid in the lid of the box.

3. A collapsible box comprising a bottom, two sides hinged to the bottom, one with the axis of its hinges in the same plane as the top of the said bottom and the other with the axis of its hinges in a plane situated above the bottom at a distance equivalent to the thickness of a side so that one side may be folded flat on to the bottom and the other side may be folded flat onto the aforesaid side, a nut mounted in each end of the side hinged at a distance from the the bottom, two ends hinged to the said bottom and adapted to be folded down and underneath the bottom, metal binding secured at the side edges of the ends and provided with recesses, studs pivoted on the sides and movable into said recesses when the box is erected, wedge-shaped heads on said studs adapted to engage the outer face of said metal binding when said studs are moved into said recesses, a detachable lid, an angular metal binding surrounding said lid to form a depending flange to embrace the sides, ends and the studs, a perforated link pivoted to each end of the metal binding of the lid, a nut on each end, and a screwpassing through each pivoted link to engage the nut in each end when the box is in the erected condition and adapted to engage the nut in each end of said side when the ends have been folded fiat under the bottom and the sides have been folded superposed on the upper side of the bottom and the bottom with the ends box.

EDWARD JAMES WILD. 

